Job Description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

13

The Team:

The Ratings team supports credit opinions and market-facing analysis across sectors. We are collaborative, data-driven, and focused on delivering timely, high-quality credit analysis and insights to internal stakeholders and external market participants. The team values technical rigor, clear communication, and practical solutions that inform ratings and client engagement.

What you stand to Gain:

• Work as part of the high growth Global Infrastructure Ratings group at S&P Global Ratings alongside skilled corporate infrastructure and project finance professionals.

• Oversee the relationship with utility issuers in the portfolio and present analytical findings to internal and external constituencies.

• Opportunity to lead a small pod, develop junior analysts, and shape sector coverage strategy.

• Professional development through mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and visibility to senior leadership. Functional collaboration, and visibility to senior leadership.

The Impact and Responsibilities

Impact

• Provide high-quality credit analysis and sector insight that directly informs ratings decisions and client communications. Quality credit analysis and sector insight that directly informs ratings decisions and client communications.

• Serve as a pod lead and subject matter resource for Regulated Utility coverage in North America, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and strategic priorities.

• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders (ratings committees, legal, surveillance) and external market participants (issuers, advisors, lenders) to surface material credit information.

Responsibilities

• Lead credit analysis for Regulated Utility transactions and issuers, including financial modeling, covenant and structure review, and scenario stress testing.

• Produce clear, concise credit writeups, committee materials, and market commentary that translate complex technical analysis into actionable conclusions.

• Oversee the relationship with issuers in the portfolio

• Coordinate and mentor junior analysts in the pod; assign work, review deliverables, and provide feedback to develop technical and analytical skills.

• Monitor market, regulatory, and sector trends in North America and incorporate those insights into issuer surveillance and forward-looking analysis.

• Engage cross functionally to gather inputs and ensure consistency of approach across ratings and product teams.

• Maintain high standards of documentation, quality control, and timeliness in all deliverables.

• Embody a risk aware culture including leading by example, ensuring that analytical guidelines, quality standards, procedures and policies established are adhered to for all credits.

• Lead operational and process improvements, maintaining a focus on both analytical excellence and a risk mindset.

• All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

Compensation/Benefits Information:

(This section is only applicable to US candidates:) S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $170,000- $231,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 7+ years of experience in financial services or capital markets

• Bachelor's degree required, Advanced degree or CFA strongly preferred

• Strong regulated utilities background with deep understanding of corporate credit analysis gained in a transactional, analytical or credit roles with at least 3 years experience as a corporate analyst

• Proven ability to synthesize quantitative analysis and qualitative factors into clear credit opinions and committee materials.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present complex analysis to senior stakeholders and external market participants.

• Demonstrated ability to lead small teams or pods, mentor junior staff, and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

• We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in leading multidisciplinary teams or initiatives across the organization

• Track record of influencing stakeholders internally and externally to support key initiatives

• Demonstrated ability to articulate market trends and represent the organization externally as a subject matter expert

• Aptitude for learning new applications/proprietary software including emerging digital technologies.

Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with an indefinite right to work in the United States.

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to:  EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal

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20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RATNGS202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)